Speaking during a prayer meeting Orwasa said security had been boosted to curb a repeat of the incidences in future. The Principal reassured parents of enough security citing they had enrolled the services of the administration police on a regular basis and added the school was planning to enrol school guards for training to improve their skills.

“We now have armed administration police patrolling within and outside the school on regular basis. We cannot take chances with our security anymore, “ he said.

Three dormitories were destroyed after two incidences of arson at the school. The dormitories were rebuilt from money raised through a fund drive. The principal said the fire that consumed three buildings, that housed 300 students, also consumed other property belonging to students.

“The losses we suffered were very monumental. Apart from the dormitories our students, most of whom hail from poor backgrounds, lost mattresses, clothes and the small amounts of pocket money they had, “ he said emotionally.

The UNICEF donated tents for sheltering students while the Kenya Red Cross and the Kenya Commercial Bank donated 300 blankets and 200 mattresses respectively. The school is among the oldest schools in Kericho County. It has 42 members of staff with an enrolment of 1,100 plus students.

The principal said tht the loss has placed a even greater strain on the school that is struggling to pay salaries to 12 teachers employed by the Board of Governors. Orwasa appealed to the Teachers Service Commission to help ease the burden. The school has a shortage of Science, Language and Christian Religious Education teachers.